Evaluation of sensitivity, specificity and cross-reactivity in Bartonella henselae serology

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 743-745

  Vermeulen, Marijn J ^a   Verbakel, Harold ^b   Notermans, Daan W ^c   Reimerink, Johan H J ^c   Peeters, Marcel F ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; BLOOD; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 77952967702     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.015248-0     Document Type: Letter

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